Paneled wall facing



March 6, 1928.

' R. H. DAVIS ET AL PANELED WALL FACING Filed Sent. 15. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventors 1/ Fig.1 8 g. 744 M March 6, 1928.

1,661,168 R. H. DAVIS ET AL PANELED WALL FACING Filed Sent. 15, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 4, 17 V v M $2 $2 Inventors:

Patented Mar. 6, 1928. r

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND H; DAVIS, JOSEPH KILEWEKI, AND IICHA LIL IALOHEY, OI CLImND,

g OHIO.

PANELED WALL FACING.

v Application fled September 15, was. mm m. 135,519.

The present invention relates-to a aneled wall constructiom'and has forits o ject to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby the panels can be readily placed in position and are held securely 111 place.

Further objects of the invention are to provide wall panels which can be held in place without using any visible fastening members and in which a tight joint is provided between the panels. v

The invention also contemplatesapaneled wall construction which can be used for the entire side wall or only a part thereof, and

which can also be used for the ceiling if de-' more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claims. I

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 1s a perspective view of one corner of a room which 1s provided with a paneled wall construction embodying the invention, portions being broken away and shown' in section to illustrate more clearly the details of construction, and sections of the base board and molding being shown'in a detached relation.

Figure 2 is a' perspective view of a portion of the side wall of a room, showing the construction which is used when the analing is only applied to the lower portionof the wall. 5

Figure '3 is a horizontal sectional view through a corner joint for two panels which are at right angles to each other.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through a joint between two adjacent panels whichare in the same plane.

Corresponding and like parts arereferred to in the following description and indicated on all of the views of the drawings by like reference characters. I

Referring to the drawings, thenumerals 1 designate the individual panels which are shown as of different sizes, although they are all rectangular in shape so that they can be readily assembled :in super osed rows. These panels may be formed 0 any channels 3 ofthe suitable material such as sheet metal and the edges of the panels are'returned rear-' wardly, as shown' at 2 and then bent reversely to provide channels 3. These channels 3 are arranged at the back of the panel on all four edges thereof and the channels open toward the edges'of the panels, al though the mouths of the channels are of!- set inwardly from the edges. Under some circumstances, as shown by Figure 3, the backs of the panels may be provided with an insulating and sound deadening material 4. Corrugated cardboard or a suitable plaster composition may be utilized for this purpose.

The panels are adapted to be supported in position by. means of suitable strips 5 which are secured to the face of the 01d wall or suitable parts of the frame of the building by means of suitable fastening members such as the screws 6. The strips are shown as formed with longitudinal grooves bent rearwardl screws 6 passing throng openings in the base of the rooves and the edges of the strips being t ereby offset from the face of the wall, studding or like member to provide flanges 5'. The said flanges 5 of the strips are adapted to be received in the panels to support the pantherefrom, the

els in position.

In mounting the panels in position. a par allel series of the strips 5 are placed in position, as is also an intersecting strip at the point where it is desired to begin applying the panels. The first row of panels is then sli ped into position, the channels 3 at the si es thereof being" brought into engagement. with the set of parallel retaining strips 5 and the panels then being slid alongthe said parallel strips until the edge channels 3 engage the transverse retaining strip. Another transverse retaining'strip is then placed in position so that it engages the free channels of the first row of panels and is in p rlilsition to engage the next row of panels. e various superposed rows of panels are thus placed in position until the wall is completed. The edges of adjacent. panels make close joints and completely cover up the retaining strips 5 so that the anels are held in position without any of t e fastenin means being visible. At corners where ad%acent panels are supported at an an 1e to each other, as shown by Figure 8, t e 1 retaining Where the panels are applied to a side wall a sectional base board may be used, as

, shown by Figure 1. The base board sections'may be formed of any suitable material such as metal. One end of each of the base board sections 7 is provided with lon- 'tudinally extending lugs 8 which are perorated to receive the screws 9. Said end of each of the base board sections is also formed with a recess 10 which corresponds in position with a positioning. lug 11 at the opposite end of the base board section. When the base board sections are placed in position in alignment with each other, the positioning lu tion is receive in the recess 10 of an abut ting base board section so that it is only necessary to use the screws 9 or similar fastening members at one end of each of the base board sections.

The panels are adapted to be applied to the ceiling of a room in the same manner that they are applied to the side walls, and

in order to provide a neat joint between the panels of the side walls and panels of the ceiling, strips 12 of molding are secured in place in the corner between the ceiling and side walls. As shown by Figure 1, each strip 12 of the molding is provided at one end thereof -w?ith a perforated lug 13 through which a screw or other fastening member is inserted. The same end of each of the moldingstrips is provided with a re- In 15 at theopposite end Wien securing the strips in position the cess 14 which corresponds wi a positioning of the strip.

positioning lugs 15 engage the recesses 14 of abutting strips and it is only necessary to use a screw or fastening member at 'one end of each of the molding sections.

The edges of the molding strips are rabbeted, as shown at 16, so that theywill fit over the exposed portions ofthe retaining strips 5 and form a. neat joint with the edge: of the panels 1.

shown by Figure 2, a molding of a difl'erent shape may be used to form a neat joint between the panels and the wall where the panels only form a portion of the wall.

These moldinglkstrlps 17v may be formed of metal or the e and are held in position in exactly the 11 'of each base board secsame manner as the molding beted edges 16 to fit over exposed portions of the retaining strips 5, and are also provided with the fastening lugs 13, positioning lugs 15 and recess 14, exactly the same as the strips 12.

In order to provide a water tight joint between the edges of adjacent panels, the grooved portions of the retaining strips 5 may be fi led with some suitable waterproof and non-shrinking cement 18, as shown by Figures 3 and 4., The edges of the panels em ed themselves in this cement so thatan entirely waterproof joint is formed.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A wall construction including sheet metal panels having edges thereof reversely bent to provide laterally facing channels, j a sounddeadening backing for the sheet a tight joint.

' 3. A wall construction including panels having laterally facing channels at the edges thereof, retaining strips provided at opposite edge portions with flan es adapted to engage the channels of t e panels, and molding strips having rabbetededges adapted to fit over exposed portions of the retaining strips.

4. A wall construction including panels, strips adapted to engage edge portions of the panels, and molding strips associated with the panels, said molding strips being formed in sections and each section having a fastenin lug at one end thereof and being provi ed at opposite ends thereof with a corresponding positioning lug and recess.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- 

